John A Russo Books in Order

Russo's novel version of the 1968 film follows strangers sheltering in a rural Pennsylvania farmhouse as the dead rise and attack. With panic spreading outside, mistrust and fear make survival inside just as difficult.

As the living dead move across the countryside, state troopers Dave Benton and Carl Martinelli race to rescue Ann Miller and her sisters. The survivors face danger from both an advancing horde and a violent gang.

A killer stalks the majorettes and cheerleaders of a high school, leaving police with what appears to be a random pattern of violence. The truth is more focused, and finding it may be the only way to stop the murders.

Runaway Nancy Johnson accepts a ride from two young men, only for all three to fall into the hands of a backwoods Satanic family. Their captors have planned a ritual sacrifice, and midnight is getting closer.

After dancer Tiffany Blake loses a leg in a terrible accident, other young dancers begin disappearing. A pair of doctors with a monstrous plan turn Tiffany's recovery into a nightmare of stolen bodies and surgical horror.

The spirit of a witch doctor survives inside Simon, a powerful jungle beast. As Simon leads the Panther People into acts of bloodshed, those around him face an evil that has found a new body.

At a small New York college, eighteen-year-old Laura Clark tries to escape her controlling mother and build a life of her own. Instead, she is pulled toward a frightening secret that makes freedom feel increasingly impossible.

Amanda Caulden's sheltered life on her father's California ranch changes after the arrival of union organizer Hank Montgomery. Their attraction opens the door to a darker threat, one rooted in desire, power, and the undead.

A film-history companion to Night of the Living Dead, covering its making, cast, effects, and lasting afterlife. Russo provides an insider's view of the low-budget production that helped reshape modern zombie horror.

Augie attends Fairchild Academy, a school celebrated for creating brilliant children. He discovers that its brain-stimulation methods have frightening side effects, and the school's model student is becoming a programmed source of terror.

Six couples arrive at a secluded marriage-counseling retreat in Virginia, unaware that catastrophe is headed their way. When an outside threat turns deadly, the isolated guests must fight to survive a sudden outbreak of horror.

A guide to the art and business of making thrillers and horror movies. Russo discusses writing, producing, directing, and the genre tools that help filmmakers build suspense and deliver effective scares.

A production guide for filmmakers who need to make a feature without major-studio resources. Russo shares practical advice on budgeting, crew work, shooting, and solving the everyday problems of independent filmmaking.

A voodoo priest preys on migrant farm workers and raises the dead for his own purposes. As the horror spreads, the people in his path must confront a growing army of zombies and the man controlling them.

Miami detective Vince Dawson and the police form an uneasy alliance with the Mafia against a Haitian voodoo sorcerer. Their enemy cannot be easily killed and is driven by revenge, power, and a supernatural army.

An inside guide to independent movie production from a writer and filmmaker who learned outside the studio system. It covers developing ideas, organizing a shoot, working with people, and bringing a finished film to market.

Meredith Brewster is drawn into a dangerous cult that encourages her delusions of occult power. As the group's plans grow more extreme, her family and a determined investigator face a nightmare shaped by manipulation and belief.

A hands-on guide for independent filmmakers working with very limited money. Russo covers the path from planning and production through promotion, with an emphasis on getting a feature completed and seen.

Set after Night of the Living Dead, this graphic horror story follows a small town endangered when a secret zombie experiment goes wrong. Sally Brinkman and others must survive both the undead and desperate human predators.

A collected graphic-horror edition that expands the Escape of the Living Dead story. Survivors, criminals, and authorities collide as an undead outbreak spreads beyond anyone's ability to contain it.

This graphic continuation shifts the 1968 undead crisis to Washington, D.C., where antiwar protesters and officials face a rapidly spreading threat. With the National Guard overstretched, the capital is unprepared for the dead.

A compact genre work from John A. Russo that explores human behavior under extraordinary pressure. Readers can expect the author's familiar interest in danger, uneasy relationships, and horror with a cinematic pace.

Russo looks back on his long connection to zombie stories, filmmaking, and the creation of Night of the Living Dead. It is part memoir, part production history, and part reflection on a career in horror.

The original stark-horror screenplay by John Russo and Rudolph Ricci. This edition offers readers a chance to experience an early, darker version of a Living Dead story that later took a different path on film.

A zombie-themed stage work from Russo that brings the Living Dead sensibility to a compact theatrical format. It is designed around horror, dark humor, and the immediate tension of a live performance.

A concise fitness guide aimed at people trying to fit exercise into a crowded work schedule. It focuses on practical routines and simple ways to make physical activity part of everyday life.

A behind-the-scenes companion to Night of the Living Dead, combining production history, photos, documents, and Russo's memories. It looks at how a small Pittsburgh film project became a lasting horror landmark.

A nonfiction book that reflects on American political life and democratic institutions. Russo presents a personal, direct discussion of the pressures he believes threaten civic participation and public trust.

A short horror work from Russo that returns to the uneasy territory of death, survival, and the living dead. It offers a quick visit to the kind of dark genre storytelling that defines much of his fiction.

A kid-focused activity book that mixes zombie-themed drawings with simple exercise ideas. It offers a playful, less-scary way for young fans to spend time with the living dead.

A practical guide to writing for the screen from a filmmaker who has worked in independent horror for decades. Russo covers story, scenes, characters, and the realities of developing a screenplay that can be produced.

A collection of shorter dark fiction from John A. Russo. The stories move through crime, fear, violence, and mystery, giving readers a compact sampling of his direct and macabre storytelling style.

In 1964, young conspiracy buffs gather at Dealey Plaza to stage their own assassination reenactment. Their stunt becomes dangerous when gun violence and fear turn a notorious place in American history into the scene of another nightmare.

At an elite academy, gifted children are fitted with devices meant to turn them into superachievers. One student learns the program's dark cost, but by then its influence has already pushed him toward terrifying revenge.

A novelization of Russo's offbeat 1970s comedy film. The book follows a rowdy, adult-minded story with the broad humor and irreverent energy of low-budget cult cinema.

A horror story set in a world where ordinary people face a brutal and escalating threat. Russo brings a pulpy, screen-ready sense of danger to a tale built for readers who like dark independent horror.

A stage adaptation of Night of the Living Dead that brings the farmhouse siege to live theater. The script preserves the central struggle, strangers trapped together while the dead gather outside.

A research institute in Chapel Grove studies a plague that turns people into zombies, until infected needles trigger an outbreak. Years later, police officer Bill Curtis suspects the survivors of that disaster may be behind new horrors.

Uncle John is a talking, reasoning zombie whom his family has kept hidden for years. When the public learns he exists, sudden fame brings zombie hunters who want to capture him for sport.

Decades after an earlier outbreak, soldier Roger Dowman returns from war and becomes an undead killer in rural Pennsylvania. Detective Andy Brown investigates, but Dowman's apparent death only signals a larger living-dead crisis.

After Fiona Evans's sister is murdered, she joins anthropology professor Neville Pinnock to investigate a similar killing from years earlier. Their search leads from corporate power to hidden online networks and a violent occult conspiracy.

Inspired by the real 1895 crimes of the Rufus Buck Gang, this historical thriller follows young Tommy Palmer after violence tears apart his family. With lawmen in pursuit, he seeks justice and hopes to save what remains of his home.

Nurse Sarah Hartman and possible abductee Ken Boyd follow a trail of secrets, cult activity, and unexplained events. Their search points toward a frightening possibility, humanity may be sharing the world with something far beyond human understanding.

A standalone horror novel from John A. Russo, built around an unsettling figure known as the Hog Lady. The story leans into the author's taste for dark, direct suspense and escalating danger.

In 1876 Deadwood, Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, Wild Bill Hickok, and Calamity Jane face more than frontier crime. Sheriff Dylan Parkman and Marshal Heck Thomas battle an epidemic of cannibalism as zombies close in.